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''Bet on Cobalt'' was a ''[[wikipedia:Twitch_(service)|Twitch]]''-based event created on January 19th, 2016<ref>(2016, January 19). ''Mojang on X''. X. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://twitter.com/Mojang/status/689469081259343872</ref> to promote the release of ''[[Cobalt]]''. The event was run by [[Oxeye Game Studio]] and [[wikipedia:Mojang_Studios|Mojang]] on the Twitch account [https://www.twitch.tv/bot_cobalt "bot_cobalt"]<ref>(2016, January 19). ''"bot_cobalt" on Twitch.Tv''. Twitch.tv. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://www.twitch.tv/bot_cobalt</ref>, and lasted until February 2nd, 2016; the release date of ''Cobalt''.
''Bet on Cobalt'' was a ''[[wikipedia:Twitch_(service)|Twitch]]''-based event created on January 19th, 2016<ref>(2016, January 19). ''Mojang on X''. X. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://twitter.com/Mojang/status/689469081259343872</ref> to promote the release of ''[[Cobalt]]''. The event was run by [[Oxeye Game Studio]] and [[wikipedia:Mojang_Studios|Mojang]] on the Twitch account [https://www.twitch.tv/bot_cobalt "bot_cobalt"]<ref>(2016, January 19). ''"bot_cobalt" on Twitch.Tv''. Twitch.tv. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://www.twitch.tv/bot_cobalt</ref>, and lasted until February 2nd, 2016; the release date of ''Cobalt''.


Bet on Cobalt is a crowd-control simulated gambling experience<ref>“Bet on Cobalt - Help - Pastebin.com.” ''Thewreck'', 2016, [https://www.pastebin.com/V0phNPRU .pastebin.com/V0phNPRU]. Accessed 6 June 2025.</ref> based on the Team Strike game mode in Cobalt.
Bet on Cobalt is a crowd-control simulated gambling experience<ref>“Bet on Cobalt - Help - Pastebin.com.” ''Thewreck'', 2016, https://www.pastebin.com/V0phNPRU. Accessed 6 June 2025.</ref> based on the Team Strike game mode in Cobalt.


== Operation ==
== Operation ==

Revision as of 21:44, 27 September 2025


Bet on Cobalt
The logo for Bet on Cobalt. A metalface is depicted in the negative space between solid-colored masses of pink and green. "Bet on Cobalt" is printed under the logo graphic in a single line,
Banner for Bet on Cobalt event
DurationStarted: 19 January, 2016
Ended: 2 February, 2016
Twitch Pagehttps://www.twitch.tv/bot_cobalt

Bet on Cobalt was a Twitch-based event created on January 19th, 2016[1] to promote the release of Cobalt. The event was run by Oxeye Game Studio and Mojang on the Twitch account "bot_cobalt"[2], and lasted until February 2nd, 2016; the release date of Cobalt.

Bet on Cobalt is a crowd-control simulated gambling experience[3] based on the Team Strike game mode in Cobalt.

Operation

Bet on Cobalt is a crowd-controlled IRC bot for Twitch, initialized when the PC version of Cobalt is launched with the launch argument "-ircbot". Bet on Cobalt acquires the information necessary for connecting to Twitch chat via IRC through a twitch.sfg file the operator creates.

Gameplay

References

  1. (2016, January 19). Mojang on X. X. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://twitter.com/Mojang/status/689469081259343872
  2. (2016, January 19). "bot_cobalt" on Twitch.Tv. Twitch.tv. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://www.twitch.tv/bot_cobalt
  3. “Bet on Cobalt - Help - Pastebin.com.” Thewreck, 2016, https://www.pastebin.com/V0phNPRU. Accessed 6 June 2025.